Key: Ab major
Intro 1
A
Am
A
Verse 1
Am
A
We gotta take our time
A
Am
A
Am
ted
A
Am
A
Hey mamma
soul mamma soul papa
G#
A
Hey soul body soul body soul body
G#
A
C#m
A
Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey
Hey yah gonna take my time
Gettin' this one together
Gotta go home now
Gotta go home yea
G#
A
You know about the holy roller church?
Ain't that were it started?
Am
G#
A
Ha Ha I know
We've outgrown it now
G#
A
And I cry that I think that I can't do
I like fine clothes
A
G#
But I know where my roots are
You hear me
A
Verse 2
C#
C#m
"Mamma I don't understand
C#m
A
C#m
Say hey hey
Cool down now, hey hey
A
A
A
Verse 3
Obeah woman
an Obeah woman is?
A
C#m
To get to Satan you
gotta pass through me
G#
A
name by name
A
C#
C#m
I can eat thunder and drink the rain
Been through enough
C#
C#m
A
There ain't nothing that I can't do
C#m
A
If I choose to, if you let me
Verse 4
A
A
A
I can eat thunder and drink the rain
G#
G#
You hear me?
Just waiting for my time
Verse 5
Obeah Obeah now
from beneath the sea
To get to Satan baby
you gotta pass through me
I know the angels name by name
I can eat thunder and drink the rain
C#m
A
How you think I lasted this long?
Alright, alright
I kiss the moon and hug the sun
O yeah oh well oh well
You people from the islands
Know about the Obeah woman
I didn't put the name on myself
And I don't like it
Sometimes,
but the weight is too heavy
The weight is too heavy
Outro 1
Let' finish it
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ChordsA Am G# C#m C#
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